Indice: Preface. Abbreviations. Illustrations. Introduction. 1. Watt's later engine patents 2. Rotative engines 3. Family tribulation 4. The manufacture of chlorine and medical gases 5. Rivals and pirates 6. Patent trials 7. Retirement. Appendix 1: Annual list of Boulton and Watt engines, 1774-1790. Appendix 2: Premiums received by Boulton and Watt from Cornwall, 1778-1798. Appendix 3: Early rotative engines, by J. Watt, 1817. Appendix 4: Boulton & Watt v. Bull: observations. Bibliography. Index people. Index places & subjects. Additions and corrections